di·a·pause 
(dīə-pôz′)
(dīə-pôz′)n.
Zoology
Zoology
A period during which growth or development is suspended and physiological activity is diminished, as in certain insects in response to adverse environmental conditions.
[Greek diapausis, pause, from diapauein, to pause : dia-, between; see DIA- + pauein, to stop.]